"Powerful glad ter know that folks air well."
"Thank you; but what business can you have with me at this time of night?"
"Mighty 'portant bizness, Brother Mayberry, mighty 'portant."
"Does it concern your soul?"
"Not ez much ez it do yourn, Brother Mayberry; not nigh so much ez it do yourn."
"I don't understand you!" the evangelist exclaimed.
"But I'll see that you do, Brother Mayberry. I reckon you've noticed me at church, hai'nt you?"
"Yes."
"Well, whut you reckon I went thar fur?"